Hannibal Buress

Comedian Hannibal Buress is best known these days for his October routine in Philadelphia, when his jokes about rape allegations against Bill Cosby the claims of sexual misconduct against the 77-year-old comedian back into the public eye. But Buress showed with a performance Friday at Sands Bethlehem Event Center that he has a keen eye for social commentary that’s far broader than just Cosby. In an 85-minute performance, Buress skewered sports, rap music, opinions about drugs, his station in life and more with intelligent that, while rarely laugh-out-loud funny, was consistently humorously clever. But the real key to Buress’s success is that his approach is so broad...

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